Cape Town Branch January 2004 Some catching up on 2003's events
On 23 September, we had Stelian Matei of Pentech present a paper on 'Adaptive Control'. Stelian showed that an adaptive process controller is a model-based predictive ...
Rustenburg Branch January 2004 Joburg Branch beware - the Phoenix has risen... Rustenburg Branch is back in town!
On Wednesday evening, 19 November, the Rustenburg Branch resurrected itself and elected the following committee:
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Secunda Branch January 2004 It seems like yesterday when we had our AGM for 2003 and here we stand on the front porch of the one for 2004. 2003 was a very busy year and again it was pedal to the metal with events, happenings and ...
Johannesburg Branch’s Golf Day pictures January 2004 Here are some of the pictures of our Golf Day held on 6 November. The day was again a great success with 30 four balls. The weather was superb, it was hot and dry with a gentle breeze. The eight sponsored ...
From the President's desk December 2003 A well known actor, playing the part of a middle aged novelist suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder, steps out of his analyst's office into the reception area, looks at all the other patients ...
Johannesburg Branch December 2003 We have lived through another successful year for the Johannesburg Branch. Our regular monthly meetings were well supported and the sponsors have provided much useful information. The Branch committee ...
Johannesburg Branch - Branch of the Year 2002! November 2003 Our September meeting, sponsored by Spescom, was yet again very well prepared and extremely interesting, although attendance was lower than normal. Spescom had two presenters who shared their knowledge ...
From the President's desk October 2003 A lot has been said in recent times about the shortage of properly trained and skilled artisans in the instrumentation field in South Africa. At Council level this issue remains on our top priority list, ...
SAIMC - Cape October 2003 It was great seeing so many at the professional development meeting.
Thanks go out to Dave McDonald who had the hard task of trying to explain the requirements and regulations regarding process plant ...
Johannesburg Branch News October 2003 Our August meeting was sponsored by Automated Reasoning and resulted in another excellent function with 36 attendees. A few years ago, the subject covered would have been considered pure science fiction, ...
Annual SAIMC Banquet October 2003 Thursday 23 October 2003, Sandton Convention Centre, Bill Gallagher Room. * Time: 19h00. * Cost is a mere R3000,00 per table of 10. * Cash bar available. * Dress code is formal. Brief outline:
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From the President's desk September 2003 One of the most frustrating points on the agenda of our bi-monthly Council meeting, is the one labelled 'Finance'. Aside from the usual discussions revolving around investments, unit trusts, bank accounts ...
SAIMC Vaal September 2003 Please note that our meeting date has been moved from fourth Wednesday to third Wednesday of the month due to a clash of meetings at the Vanderbijlpark Cricket and Hockey Club. Our program until the end ...
From the President's desk August 2003 If we had to have a poll amongst the hundreds of hardworking people out there we all know as 'reps', and asked them to nominate the number one irritation in their lives, I would wager a bet that we would ...
SAIMC Secunda August 2003 Things are happening in the Secunda area and all our members are very excited about the new enthusiasm with which everything is tackled. Dennis has progressed very well with the arrangement of the site ...
SAIMC Cape August 2003 SPEAKERS WANTED: with paper presentations/technical discussion/instrumentation news.
This is an urgent appeal from the Cape Town Branch to persons or companies who would be interested in presenting material ...
Johannesburg Branch, Branch of the Year 2002! July 2003 Our June meeting was sponsored by Endress + Hauser and Martin Kotze presented a paper on wastewater plant control. This was the most interactive evening that we have experienced since the battle of the ...
Secunda Branch July 2003 It happened again and this time it was bigger than ever before. I am talking about the Secunda Branch Golf day. And what a day it has been! A total of 36 teams entered with 11 sponsored holes. I think ...
Vaal Triangle July 2003 On 18/05/2003 a meeting was held at the Hockey & Cricket club Vanderbijlpark.
The chairman, Mr A. van Noordwyk welcomed all present and our special guest, Dr Pieter van Eeden, a specialist in environmental ...